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Appendix C
Installing a Stand-alone IDE

The REDHAWK IDE leverages Java technologies and requires Java 8. The IDE also includes native libraries that allow the IDE to have a look and feel appropriate for the OS. A minimum of 2 GB of RAM is required, but 4 GB+ is recommended.

The following procedure explains how to install a stand-alone IDE.

  1. Ensure your system has the appropriate dependencies installed.

    On RHEL/CentOS 7:

    On RHEL/CentOS 6:

  2. Locate the appropriate archive from the REDHAWK release page on github (https://github.com/RedhawkSDR/redhawk/releases/<version>). (Where <version> corresponds to the version of the REDHAWK IDE. For example, https://github.com/RedhawkSDR/redhawk/releases/2.0.3)).
  3. Run the following command:

    Where <version> corresponds to the version of the REDHAWK IDE and <arch> is either x86 for 32-bit systems or x86_64 for 64-bit systems.

  4. Start the IDE by running the eclipse executable in the eclipse directory.


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